AccidentalTechnologyFinancial ServicesInformationMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 1, 2024

Filed

Sep 16, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc. notified shareholders that in August 2024, a tax preparation service provider inadvertently emailed an attachment containing shareholders' state tax forms (including SSNs and tax data) to other shareholders. The company is offering two years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Aug 1, 2024

Begins

Aug 1, 2024

Discovered

Sep 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Plante & Moran
norm: plante moran

Name: Western Ecosystems Technology, Inc.
norm: western ecosystems technology
Industry: TechnologyllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 1, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1534 Internal Spearphishing
Threat actor: Internal
Third party: via tax preparation service provider

During the incident: Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for two years
Actively addressing this incident internally and with the Service Provider
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1691.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 16, 2024
Raw hash: 2f30bf96f60e9c9654a341ad13a5d23d49a5a6a7a0ce2b0ab8f1981d055b5ccd

Reporting entityPlante & Moran

Victim entityWestern Ecosystems Technology, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 1, 2024

Stated responseOffering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for two years

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov